# Pontiac (provincial electoral district)

Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes parts of the city of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville and Clarendon.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue.
However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.
It was named after Chief Pontiac, who led Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 in the Great Lakes region.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada:
* John Egan, (1854–1857)
* George Bryson, Conservative (1857–1858) by-election
* Edmund Heath, Conservative (1858–1861)
* John Poupore, Conservative (1861–1867)

## Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly of Quebec

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867–1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (1968–present):
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John Poupore | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | John Poupore | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1874–1875 | Levi Ruggles Church | Conservative |
| 3rd | 1875–1878 | Levi Ruggles Church | Conservative |
| 4th | 1878–1881 | Levi Ruggles Church | Conservative |
| 5th | 1881–1882† | Thomas Bryson | Conservative |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | William Joseph Poupore | Conservative |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | William Joseph Poupore | Conservative |
| 7th | 1890–1892 | William Joseph Poupore | Conservative |
| 8th | 1892–1897 | David Gillies | Liberal |
| 9th | 1897–1900 | David Gillies | Liberal |
| 10th | 1900–1904 | David Gillies | Liberal |
| 11th | 1904–1908 | David Gillies | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1912 | Tancrède-Charles Gaboury | Liberal |
| 13th | 1912–1916 | George Benjamin Campbell | Conservative |
| 14th | 1916–1919 | William Hodgins | Liberal |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Wallace McDonald | Liberal |
| 16th | 1923–1927 | Wallace McDonald | Liberal |
| 17th | 1927–1931 | Wallace McDonald | Liberal |
| 18th | 1931–1935 | Wallace McDonald | Liberal |
| 19th | 1935–1936 | Edward Charles Lawn | Liberal |
| 20th | 1936–1939 | Edward Charles Lawn | Liberal |
| 21st | 1939–1944 | Edward Charles Lawn | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1944–1948 | Edward Charles Lawn | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1948–1952 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 24th | 1952–1956 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 26th | 1960–1962 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 27th | 1962–1966 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Jean-Guy Larivière | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Pontiac-Témiscamingue |||||
| Riding re-created from Pontiac-Témiscamingue |||||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Robert Middlemiss | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Robert Middlemiss | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Robert Middlemiss | Liberal |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Robert Middlemiss | Liberal |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Robert Middlemiss | Liberal |
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Charlotte L'Écuyer | Liberal |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Charlotte L'Écuyer | Liberal |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Charlotte L'Écuyer | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Charlotte L'Écuyer | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | André Fortin | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | André Fortin | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | André Fortin | Liberal |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | André Fortin | 12,477 | 43.68 | -10.21 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur | 7,056 | 24.70 | +4.29 |
| | Conservative | Terrence Watters | 3,118 | 10.92 | +7.83 |
| | Québec solidaire | Mike Owen Sebagenzi | 2,935 | 10.28 | -0.46 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jolaine Paradis-Châteauneuf | 1,887 | 6.61 | +1.10 |
| | Green | Pierre Cyr | 616 | 2.16 | -1.17 |
| | Canadian | William Twolan | 475 | 1.66 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,564 | 99.36 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 185 | 0.64 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,749 | 53.50 | -0.03 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 53,735 |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | André Fortin | 14,869 | 53.89 | -21.87 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Olive Kamanyana | 5,632 | 20.41 | +11.48 |
| | Québec solidaire | Julia Wilkie | 2,964 | 10.74 | +4.37 |
| | Parti Québécois | Marie-Claire Nivolon | 1,520 | 5.51 | -3.04 |
| | Green | Roger Fleury | 919 | 3.33 | |
| | Conservative | Kenny Roy | 853 | 3.09 | |
| | New Democratic | Samuel Gendron | 795 | 2.88 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 40 | 0.14 | -0.25 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,592 | 99.11 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 249 | 0.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,841 | 53.53 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,009 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -16.675 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | André Fortin | 25,659 | 75.76 | +19.13 |
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Michel Mongeon | 3,026 | 8.93 | -9.13 |
| Parti Québécois | Maryse Vallières-Murray | 2,897 | 8,55 | -7.57 |
| Québec solidaire | Charmain Levy | 2,157 | 6,37 | +1.15 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 131 | 0.39 | +0.19 |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 16,981 | 56.63 | -9.47 |
| Coalition Avenir Québec | André LaFramboise | 5,417 | 18.06 | +11.81* |
| Parti Québécois | Geneviève Gendron-Nadeau | 4 835 | 16,12 | -1.99 |
| Québec solidaire | Charmain Levy | 1 565 | 5,22 | +1.09 |
| Green | Garry Bélair | 906 | 3,02 | -1.77 |
| Option nationale | Patrick Émard | 223 | 0.74 | - |
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 61 | 0.20 | -0.43 |
* Increase is from Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ)
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 12,960 | 66.10 | +7.56 |
| Parti Québécois | Nathalie Lepage | 3,551 | 18.11 | +5.24 |
| Action démocratique | Christian Toussaint | 1,225 | 6.25 | -9.33 |
| Green | Gail Lemmon Walker | 940 | 4.79 | -5.08 |
| Québec solidaire | Charmain Levy | 809 | 4.13 | +1.25 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Lisa Leblanc | 123 | 0.63 | +0.37 |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 14,817 | 58.54 | -17.98 |
| Action démocratique | Victor Bilodeau | 3,943 | 15.58 | +7.75 |
| Parti Québécois | Patrick Robert-Meunier | 3,257 | 12.87 | -0.53 |
| Green | Brian Gibb | 2,498 | 9.87 | - |
| Québec solidaire | Jessica Squires | 729 | 2.88 | +1.20* |
| Marxist–Leninist | David Ethier-April | 66 | 0.26 | -0.30 |
* Increase is from UFP
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 17,885 | 76.52 | +1.25 |
| Parti Québécois | Luc Côté | 3,133 | 13.40 | -0.73 |
| Action démocratique | Victor Bilodeau | 1,830 | 7.83 | +4.55 |
| UFP | Serge Tanguay | 392 | 1.68 | - |
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 132 | 0.56 | +0.32 |
1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 22,076 | 75.27 | -4.91 |
| Parti Québécois | L.-Hubert Leduc | 4,143 | 14.13 | -0.41 |
| Equality | Denzil Spence | 1,757 | 5.99 | +2.55 |
| Action démocratique | Christian Bilodeau | 963 | 3.28 | - |
| Independent | Maxime Gauld | 112 | 0.38 | - |
| Socialist Democracy | Mohamed-Ali Khreis | 108 | 0.37 | - |
| Natural Law | Claude Côté | 100 | 0.34 | -0.12 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Alexandre Legeais | 69 | 0.24 | +0.05 |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 30,632 | 87.23 |
| | Oui | 4,485 | 12.77 |
1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 23,066 | 80.18 | +33.62 |
| Parti Québécois | Françoise Trudeau-Reeves | 4,183 | 14.54 | -3.2 |
| Equality | Robert D. Matheson | 990 | 3.44 | -27.19 |
| Lemon | Diane Labrie | 342 | 1.19 | - |
| Natural Law | Michael E. Wilson | 131 | 0.46 | - |
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 55 | 0.19 | -0.21 |
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 21,044 | 74.45 |
| | Non | 7,222 | 25.55 |
1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 9,514 | 46.56 | -25.52 |
| Unity | Mark Alexander | 6,259 | 30.63 | - |
| Parti Québécois | Jules Fournier | 3,624 | 17.74 | -1.07 |
| New Democrat | Michael Coghlan | 956 | 4.68 | +0.03 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 81 | 0.40 | - |
1985 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 13,888 | 72.08 | +4.25 |
| Parti Québécois | Normand Auclair | 3,623 | 18.81 | -2.19 |
| New Democrat | Michel Martin | 896 | 4.65 | - |
| Progressive Conservative | Anne Lupien | 783 | 4.06 | - |
| Christian Socialist | Anne Charron | 77 | 0.40 | - |
1981 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 15,157 | 67.83 | +24.26 |
| Parti Québécois | William Bedwell | 4,691 | 21.00 | +3.95 |
| Freedom of Choice | Stephen Hodgins | 1,793 | 8.02 | - |
| Union Nationale | Lucille Hodgins | 704 | 3.15 | -21.27 |